What does "egalitarian" mean when talking about music?

music was for the common people

What changed about music during the classical period?

went back to simple basics and more about what composers wanted to write

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1
Franz Haydn
1775-1783
1732-1809
1756-1791
1770-1827
2
What musical ideas from the baroque period were done away with?
complex melodies
complicated rhythms
simple melodies
improvisation & embellishment
3
What does "egalitarian" mean when talking about music?
music was for the common people
that music was less accessible for the common people
music was only for the religious people
music was only for the rich and royal people
4
Metronome Invented
1756
1770
1815
1751
5
why were composers employed in the classical period?
to entertain wealthy people
to write music for themselves
to write music for the common people
to write music for church
6
Ludwig Beethoven
1732-1809
1775-1783
1770-1827
1756-1791
7
When did Ben Franklin discover electricity?
1789
1815
1751
1775
8
Wolfgang Mozart
1732-1809
1756-1791
1770-1827
1775-1783
9
Dates of the classical period
1400-1700
1750-1820
1820-2000
400-1400
10
What type of music became the most popular during the classical period?
secular
opera
concerto grosso
sacred
11
What changed about music during the classical period?
music became more fancy and expressive
music was using electric/digital instruments
music was religious and only for the church
went back to simple basics and more about what composers wanted to write
12
Classical composers
josquin de prez
haydn, mozart, beethoven
vivaldi, purcell, handel, buxtehude
hildegard von bingen
13
Napoleon; Emperor of France
1804-1814
1770-1827
1775-1783
1789-1799
14
French Revolution
1804-1814
1775-1783
1815
1789-1799
15
American Revolution
1804-1814
1789-1799
1751
1775-1783
16
What did people's interests in life, art, music, and literature lead to?
less accessibility to music for common people
public concerts & operas
to more religious music
new forms of music like concerto grosso

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